Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
TitleKosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
Author
Call number291.1783315/0001
Object number04495h
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn Books
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp180-205
MaterialArticle
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book "In God's name: genocide and religion in the twentieth century" pp180-205
Description
The genocide in Bosnia was not merely a case of what the Serbs called 'ethnic cleansing', but also a re-enactment of the Serbian myth of that nation's defeat by the Ottoman army six hundred years earlier. Ethnic cleansing was sometimes planned in local Serbian Orthodox churches, while religious rituals were held to celebrate successful cleansing